Hari Raya is celebrated on different dates, in each year. Its celebrated as we had completed fasting for one month. Collecting money, new outfits, various food and most of all, BONDING is carried out!

On the eve of Hari Raya, for my family, it'll be really chaos around the house as all of us were too thrilled for hari raya to arrive. We will go down to Tanjong Katong Complex to buy our clothes, lights and new curtains. We will be busy hanging lights, cooking various dishes, making 'ketupat', baking cookies and admiring our newest outfits. I will always be on task to clean up my room and my sister's room so that it will look neat on the day! On the day itself, i will always be the one making lots of noise around the house as im too contented on that day. After changing into our clothes, we will be downstairs, waiting for our daddy to come back from prayers. After that, all of us will then proceed to their room to ask for forgiveness. Usually, my sister will ask forgiveness first and obviously, ill cry quietly. When its my turn, i asked for forgiveness with my mum and in the end, we will hug each other and cry loudly. Its really a great step to a good relationship with my mummy as we have poured out everything that we had to say. Thus, its really a good session of bonding during Hari Raya!

After all the forgiveness and crying, we will move on to our grandparents' house! My grandmother will always make an effort to cook my favourite dish. The dishes there looked really mouthwatering and without hesitation, my family and i will gobble down the food. Then, all of us will gather in the living room to take some pictures! Its really good to take pictures during hari raya as that will bring so much memories in that particular year. Next, we will ask forgiveness from them. My parents will be the first to ask for forgiveness and eventually, my dad cried. Its surprising, though. Then, it was my sister's and my turn. My grandmother will then give us money! Its fun collecting money but most of all, its fun bonding with our family members.

Then, we will visit our aunty's house and have fun with my cousins. At last, i will get to see my favourite cousins after a long time. We will be gossiping about the clothes that we buy and i made alot of new cousins too! Its really enjoyable getting to know other people. After all those great visits, its time to head back home. We will always end up going home at around 2am as we had too much fun. Although we are fatigued, i think its the best festival ever as it builds up our relationship with our family members and there will be no more burden youre holding on to, anymore. It also shows that family is always the first in our list and they are the ones who will be right behind us, supporting us in our own life. Hence, hari raya is really a festival that is really really awesome!

For me, i will be pressing on what Jess and his family did during Christmas!

Well, Jess has a great family but his family do not show much care to him as his the only son in the family and he holds more responsibility then the other siblings. He will have to milk the cow, spray the plants every morning. That is his daily routine. His daddy thinks his a brave kid who doesnt need a kid's love anymore. His daddy may also be thinking that his an independant guy and he can do everything by himself. But somehow, its the wrong way of how his daddy is thinking.

During Christmas, Jess did not give anything for his family members but instead, he bought a dog for Leslie, his bestfriend. The dog was not exactly bought but he got it for free as adoption. His daddy bought him a racing car set but however, the racing car set did not work. That shows that his daddy cared after all but his daddy was not satisfied that it did not work and cursed at it. Jess desperately wanted to show to his daddy that he loved the present but his daddy cursed and kicked the floor in return. His daddy do care but its definitely in the wrong way.

The differences that me and Jesse have is that Jesse loved Christmas as he had fun spending with his best friend, but for me, i had fun celebrating hari raya with my family. Jesse, however, did not strengthen his relationship with his family members, especially his daddy but for me, it worked. My relationship with my family members during hari raya really worked out and it was great. There were some misconceptions during the celebrating of Christmas with Jesse and his dad, about the racing car set. His dad thought that it was some cheap junk and Jesse was dishearten. He wanted to show to his daddy that he loved it and maybe, that will fortify their relationship but no, it went wrong. As for me, it was the opposite. Everything went well and yes, my relationship with especially my mummy, built up. I think, thats all the differences that i can compare with Jesse Oliver Aarons.

The similarities that i have with Jesse is that both of us enjoyed our own festival lots! Okay, done!

Accomplished by : Athirasari Diyana 2E7 (2)